Root file overwrite via svc_topstats command injection
Published Feb 12, 2024 · Updated May 6, 2025
OS command injection in Dell Unity before 5.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files with root privileges. The svc_topstats diagnostic utility passes attacker-controlled input to an operating-system command without adequate neutralization, allowing its root execution context to redirect output to arbitrary file paths. Access requires an authenticated Service User session through the Unity CLI, and exploitation can replace any file writable by root.
Summary
What happened
OS command injection in Dell Unity before 5.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files with root privileges. The svc_topstats diagnostic utility passes attacker-controlled input to an operating-system command without adequate neutralization, allowing its root execution context to redirect output to arbitrary file paths. Access requires an authenticated Service User session through the Unity CLI, and exploitation can replace any file writable by root.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0167
- Published
- Feb 12, 2024
- Updated
- May 6, 2025
- Vendor
- Dell Technologies
- Product
- Unity
- Classifications
- CWE-78, T1059
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.4
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